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Chris Montez

American musician of Mexican parents
Person human Q1077577
Chris Montez
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Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
January 17, 1943
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
singer, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist
Field of work
music[8]
Educated at
Hawthorne High School, El Camino College[9][10]
Genre
pop rock[12]
Official website
www.chrismontez.com[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Family name
Montez[17]
Given name
Chris[18]
Instrument
guitar, voice[20][21]
P14750
D7E6-23B2-AA98-2571-2C5F[24]
Record label
A&M Records, Era Records, Columbia Records[13][14][15]
Start of work period
1962[23]
Voice type
tenor[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chris Montez cs Christopher Montez cs Ezekiel Christopher Montanez de Ezekiel Christopher Montanez fa کریس مونتز ja クリス・モンテス ko 크리스 몬테스 sv Montez, Chris zh 克里斯·蒙特兹 zh 克里斯·蒙特茲
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000055176223
VIAF cluster ID
42033799
Library of Congress authority ID
n91080102
GND ID
134465628
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000109274
BBC Things ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139762833
Billboard artist ID
chris-montez
Deezer artist ID
143974
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134465628
Discogs artist ID
89630
Europeana entity
agent/base/71471
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FAST ID
290083
Filmportal ID
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Freebase ID
/m/01krb3d
GTAA ID
133785
IMDb ID
nm1705417
LyricsTranslate ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000032503
NL CR AUT ID
xx0215807
NUKAT ID
n2019021859
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810555001205606
Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID
chris-montez
OpenMLOL author ID
273155
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100207308
Rate Your Music artist ID
chris_montez
Rock's Backpages artist ID
chris-montez
SecondHandSongs artist ID
746
Songfacts artist ID
chris-montez
Songkick artist ID
506560
Tidal artist ID
3501434
Universal Music France artist ID
20000072480
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqKcDFBywyTxPRPwhhj4q
Yale LUX ID
person/2522fd53-82da-4732-a6da-df32a98b8e0d
Yandex Music artist ID
14626
ČSFD person ID
107454

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Occupation 4
composer, singer, lyricist, singer-songwriter
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Record label 2
Columbia Records, A&M Records
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
music
Genre 1
pop rock
Given name 1
Chris
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Los Angeles
Sex or gender 1
male
Voice type 1
tenor
← Performer 1
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Summary

Chris Montez was born on January 17, 1943[1], in Los Angeles[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], singer-songwriter[4], composer[5], and lyricist[6].

FAQs

Where was Chris Montez born?

Chris Montez was born in Los Angeles[2].

What did Chris Montez do for work?

Chris Montez worked as a singer[3], singer-songwriter[4], composer[5], and lyricist[6].

Where did Chris Montez go to school?

Chris Montez was educated at Hawthorne High School[9] and El Camino College[10].

Related Entities

A&M Records Columbia Records Los Angeles music United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . music-timeline.net. music-timeline.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 143974
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 5d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3501434
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Hawthorne High School, El Camino College
    Sex or gender → male
    Field of work → music
    Field of work → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46467|batch #46467]]: HAND ID (7)"
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